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New club in Worcester, MA
Scott McLennan’s article in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette gives readers some insight into the current configuration of the Boston comedy scene, detailing the opening (by Dick Doherty) of a new club in Worcester, about 40 miles west.
Doherty’s mainstay in recent years has been the Comedy Vault at Remington’s in Boston. Doherty started doing standup in the 1970s, opened a comedy venue in Hyannis around that time, succumbed to drug and alcohol addictions in the ’80s, and resurfaced in the late ’80s with his finger on Boston’s funny bone. In addition to opening places for comics to work their craft, Doherty has managed careers, including the early days of Dane Cook.
The buzz around Boston a couple weeks ago was that one of two comedy venues branded by Steve Sweeney had just closed down. One door closes, another opens. What is that saying about the weather in Florida? If you don’t like the weather, just wait a few minutes. The same holds true for the scene in the Town of the Bean.
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This is great news if you hate comedy. Few people have screwed more comics than Dick has in Boston. Dick Doherty the manager? That’s the funniest thing I’ve ever seen on this website.
I agree. Dick scams more comics. Books the most minimal and profane talent. He is well past his glory days. There is a reason his rooms do not work. One, he either doesn’t care about them, AKA The Vault. Two, they are not relevant, AKA everything he did with Sweeney. Three, he scams all the good comics so only the crappy ones work for him in crappy rooms, in front of crappy crowds. Really, Shecky, this is not even worth posting.
Really, Lloyd, it was worth posting.Our point was that a club, 30 or 40 miles from Boston, was opening up. This is/should be of interest to the comics who live/work in Boston and comics who wish to work in Boston or who have work scheduled there. And, even if you don’t work for Mr. Doherty, a club opening up in the market sets off a chain of events that affects nearly all the comics.The article we linked to contained other information about the scene. We weren’t aware that the Palaces were gone– fogive us, it’s been a few years since we worked regularly in Boston.And, had we not run the posting, we wouldn’t have afforded you and Mr. Extreme the chance for your tantrums which, though hardly helpful, probably made you feel warm and fuzzy and bitter inside.